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There was tension in the air, and silence in the auction hall, the presence of Trafalgar D. Law and his crew, Eustass 'Captain' Kid and his gang, Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of the Straw hat pirates, World Nobles, leaders of various factions of the Archipelago- All in one room, And things were going to get worse.

But there was one bald man standing in the corner, mixed in with the kid pirates, his clothes making him stand out, his eyes void of emotions, looking towards Luffy and his crew.

'Oh, the Straw hat kid is here as well. I wonder where his brother is, maybe he got eaten by a sea monster… or maybe he's still resting.' Saitama thought as he picked his nose, intrigued by this atmosphere.

"Caimie!" Hatchan screamed, she was right in front of them, in a huge water-tank, bound by the bomb collar. The auction was a failure, they could not outbid the world nobles, the straw hates had piled up everything they owned, but it was well short of the 500,000,000 B that Saint Charlos, a World Noble, had bid.

Desperation was an ironic phenomenon, it leads a person astray in ways one could not imagine, and Luffy had become desperate.

"Stop! Luffy-san, that's a world noble!" Hatchan with his six arms and all his power tried to stop Luffy, who was about to do something that could possibly end up in not just his, but all pirates' doom.

The crowd was less than excited now, to see a lowly fish-man amidst their esteemed selves "Disgusting!" A world noble spewed curses, "Creep!"

And then it happened, the breaking point, the moment when the Straw hat pirates sealed their fate.

A loud gun shot resounded in the auction hall, and blood flowed onto Luffy's hands. Hatchan was shot.

"Hehe! I shot a fishman! And now he will be a slave of mine too! Hehe!" Charlos celebrated. For all he could care, he did a good job in shooting a being as ugly as a fishman, they did not deserve to exist at all! He had done nothing wrong.

Hatchan was in pain, and it reflected in his voice, and he could clearly see the raging anger in Luffy's downcast eyes. "I... I will be... fine Luffy-san! Please do-don't get too ang-angry!"

Such is desperation, and in but an instance, it turned into unkempt wrath.

Luffy clenched his fists, and his eyes resembled a volcano, he looked straight at Charlos, and the hall fell silent, it was a stare striking fear into Charlos' heart,

Luffy took a step forward

And another gun shot was heard, the bullet whizzed towards Luffy's head, but it hit nothing.

Charlos panicked with each step luffy took towards him. And he shot again, and again, to no avail.

Luffy side stepped the bullets, his clenched fists now raised behind his head, his jaws grinding against each other, his eyes vengeful, and his prey… right in front of him.

And it came down on Charlos like a wild beast, It was pain, Boundless pain, miserable and traumatizing. For a world noble, this was the sort of hurt worse than even death,

BOOM!

And Charlos was knocked out, a punch straight to his face, he probably broke all his bones. And the shape of a fist imprinted itself on Charlos.

Every person in the Auction hall felt breathless, like they lost their soul.

"MAD MAN!" They thought, who apart from a mad man would have the guts to harm a world noble!

But Trafalgar Law, And Captain Kid knew of the consequences of such an action

"Oi Oi, this Straw hat is crazy!" Kid was surprised to say the least, although he seemed to be grinning. The results of such an action were not something their crew or any pirate on the island could shoulder. An Admiral of the Navy.

"Now you've done it, eh Straw Hat" Law thought to himself, an outrageous smile on his face

"If you hadn't done it, I would've anyway" Zoro unsheathed his swords, the play had just begun

"Sorry for the trouble" Luffy looked towards where Hatchan was resting, Rescuing Caimie, and bringing Hatchan and the rest of his crew out of this island safely, was priority.

Saint Rosward, on the other hand, was completely shocked and dazed, his son was brutally punched in his presence! Who dared to do such a thing!

He took his gun out, in a fit of anger, and aimed it at the perpetrator, Luffy. Sanji was a tad bit faster though, he had kicked the gun out of Rosward's hand, and knocked out the nearby guard all before Rosward could fire.

Zoro and Franky were on clean-up duty, although they were smiling and rearing to go, they knew their captain had offended someone he should not have.

"Let's take care of this mess eh?" Zoro sliced and diced, sending the guards flying, And Franky, was being Franky "Superrrrr punch!" And a dozen guards lost their will to fight.

Amidst the chaos of the human auction hall, the Rosy life Riders had made their entrance.

"Your whole crew will be decimated! You have touched the Never of the World Government! The wrath of an Admi- ack!" Rosward was cut short with Ussop landing on his head.

"Ehh, forgive me!"

Zoro made his way towards the water tank in which Caimie was held captive, and with one clean swing of his sword, broke the tank in two.

But before he could reach Caimie, Sharlia (Charlos' sister, Rosward's daughter), seized her, in disdain and anger, both her father and brother were down sense-less and it fell upon her to extract vengeance.

But like all silver linings in the world, luck would not abandon the Straw hat pirates. A surge of unbound energy spread across the room, startling everyone in the process, knocking out All world nobles and the guards, including Sharlia.

And the Wall behind the stage burst open. A silhouette walked out of the hole, and a huge shadow behind him.

White hair, Brownish complexion, and wrinkles on his face that suggested he smiled a lot, but his eyes stood out, his eyes were filled with vigor and reminiscence, so much so that even Saitama who had not moved a muscle till now was infinitesimally moved

"Oh, this old man is quite strong" He said, notwithstanding the fact that he spoke out loud enough for the old man to hear.

"That old man…" Kid became a bit sweaty

'Another monster!' He thought, who could this old man be! And then it occurred to him

'Can it be…! You must be kidding me!'

A name appeared in his mind, nay, a legend

Dark King

The first mate of the Pirate King

Silvers Rayleigh

Not far from the auction house, Shanks and his crew hid themselves, the marines had the Auction hall surrounded, and Shanks did not want to raise any flags or make an appearance in such fragile circumstances. He was bound.

And then, a surge of Conquerors Haki alerted him.

'It seems Rayleigh- san has made his move'

He did not know whether he should feel relieved, or even more anxious.

'Saitama-san… I hope you do not do anything reckless'

All he could do right now, was hope. He knew an Admiral of the Navy had almost reached the Archipelago. He had to take Saitama away before Saitama potentially destroyed Sabaody.

"Captain! Ace is in the Auction hall! Here are the reports to confirm!" A crew member of the Blackbeard pirates hurried to their base, a den den mushi in hand.

"Zehahahahahaha! Now, we make our move! Men, this time! We capture Ace, we capture the Straw Hat kid!" Teach cackled, his target had been acquired.

"C-captain…the bald man…" The voice came from the den den mushi, shivering and strained

Silence, Blackbeard's eyebrows furrowed, and beads of sweat began to form on the side of his face

"What about him?" he asked in a grave tone

"The B-bald man was also spotted… going into the Auction Hall…"

Kacha!

He hung up the call, his hands now held to his head.

"Maybe we can figure out some other way…" Van Augur, his sniper suggested

"NO! We still have the chance, once the admiral arrives from the marine H.q, we will take advantage of the confusion! All we have to do… is avoid that monster! Yes… this will work!"

Teach's hands tightened into a fist, he had to seize at least Ace, his plan had to work!

'Bald man… lets see how you save Ace and the Straw hat kid this time!'

And the chess pieces were in position, ready to move. The players and the pawns were unknown, who would out do whom was unknown, but one thing was for sure, The world of One Piece would never be the same again.

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